Euro / US Dollar: a 3.0σ fall on 1 October 2026
Recorded 7 October 2026On 1 October 2026 Euro / US Dollar fell 0.68% close to close, 3.0 times its typical daily move of 0.23% over the 20 sessions before it: its largest move since 19 August 2026. 32 other instruments of the 198 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- −0.68%
- Size
- −3.0σ
- Typical day before it
- 0.23%
- Close
- 1.125
- Previous close, 30 September 2026
- 1.1327
- Since, to 23 October 2026
- −0.20%
Euro / US Dollar, the 30 sessions to 1 October 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | EUR/USD |
|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | 1.169 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | 1.168 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 1.167 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 1.167 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 1.165 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 1.166 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 1.159 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 1.162 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 1.160 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 1.159 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 1.163 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 1.161 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 1.163 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 1.163 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 1.163 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 1.161 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | 1.159 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 1.155 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 1.154 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 1.147 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 1.148 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | 1.148 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 1.146 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 1.145 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | 1.138 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 1.137 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 1.138 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 1.137 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 1.134 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 1.133 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 1.125 |
The same day
Other quakes on 1 October 2026
| Instrument | Move | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Euro / Swiss Franc EUR/CHF | −1.31% | −6.4σ |
| Euro / Canadian Dollar EUR/CAD | −0.80% | −5.1σ |
| Sugar No. 11 SUGAR | +7.43% | +4.6σ |
| British Pound / Swiss Franc GBP/CHF | −1.11% | −4.2σ |
| New Zealand Dollar / Swiss Franc NZD/CHF | −1.20% | −4.1σ |
| ASX 200 ASX200 | −1.99% | −3.6σ |
| US Dollar / South African Rand USD/ZAR | +1.70% | +3.4σ |
| US Dollar / Danish Krone USD/DKK | +0.70% | +3.1σ |
| Australian Dollar / Swiss Franc AUD/CHF | −0.85% | −3.0σ |
Euro / US Dollar's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 19 August 2026: +0.81%, +3.1σ
- 29 July 2026: +0.71%, +3.0σ
How it is measured
The move is the close-to-close return; its size is that return divided by the standard deviation of Euro / US Dollar's previous 20 daily returns. A quake is 3σ or more. This record was made the night after the day finished trading and has not been changed since. The live chart is on Euro / US Dollar's page; the last few months of every market's daily moves are on the volatility terrain, and every quake on record is in the quake archive.